US10695782B2 - Fluid dispensing device, and valve having a return means - Google Patents

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US10695782B2
US10695782B2 US15/302,332 US201515302332A US10695782B2 US 10695782 B2 US10695782 B2 US 10695782B2 US 201515302332 A US201515302332 A US 201515302332A US 10695782 B2 US10695782 B2 US 10695782B2
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  • the present invention relates to a device for dispensing a fluid comprising a valve provided with a return means.
  • the technical field of the invention is non-limitatively that of devices for dispensing soap, cosmetics, or other substances, for smaller or larger volumes to be dispensed, for example, a device fixed to a wall for dispensing large volumes of soap or also a device of the promotional sample type for smaller volumes of cosmetics.
  • Devices for dispensing a fluid are known, such as that described in document FR2 962 986 and comprising a valve.
  • Such a device can comprise a return means arranged so that the valve is subjected to a return force tending to bring the valve back into its closed state, these return means comprising a resilient tongue acting as a spring. With such a return means, the leak-tightness of the device is considerably improved.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to still further improve the leak-tightness of such a device.
  • a device for dispensing a fluid comprising:
  • the return means comprises a pouch forming a cavity
  • said pouch being situated in the dispensing pipe, the pouch being deformed by compression when the dispensing valve is in the open state.
  • the pouch can be a pouch that is open on one side by an opening delimited by an outer edge of the cavity such that:
  • the bottom of the pouch In the open state of the dispensing valve, the bottom of the pouch can move away (with respect to the closed state of the dispensing valve) from the second inner wall of the dispensing pipe, and the second inner wall can be provided with a convex boss and the bottom of the pouch can be provided with a concave recess of a shape complementary to the convex boss such that in the closed state, the concave recess fits the shape of the convex boss.
  • the first inner wall can comprise a periphery of the dispensing orifice such that:
  • the second inner wall can comprise a periphery of the dispensing orifice such that:
  • the bottom of the pouch and the remainder of the pouch can be made of two different materials, the bottom of the pouch being made of a stiffer material than the remainder of the pouch.
  • the pouch can form, in a plane, a closed loop inside which the cavity is delimited such that:
  • the first inner wall can comprise a periphery of the dispensing orifice such that:
  • the pouch When the dispensing valve is in the open state, the pouch is preferably deformed by a compression perpendicular to the dispensing direction.
  • the pouch can be firmly fixed to a stiffening element stiffer than the pouch and extending in the dispensing direction.
  • a dispensing valve comprising:
  • the return means comprises a pouch forming a cavity
  • the return means being arranged in order to exert the force on the membrane during a deformation of the pouch by a compression of the pouch in the bending direction when the dispensing valve is in the open state.
  • FIG. 1 is a profile cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a device 101 according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the dispensing valve and of the feed valve of the first embodiment of the device according to FIG. 1 ,
  • FIG. 3 is a profile cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a device 102 according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the dispensing valve and of the feed valve of the second embodiment of the device according to FIG. 3 ,
  • FIG. 6 is a profile cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of a device 103 according to the invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a frontal cross-sectional view of the third embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views of the dispensing valve and of the feed valve of the third embodiment of the device according to FIGS. 6 and 7 ,
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of a device 104 according to the invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a profile cross-sectional view of a detail 121 of the fourth embodiment of the device of FIG. 10 .
  • FIG. 12 is a top view of a part of the first embodiment of a device 101 according to the invention, showing a superimposition of the cavity 107 and of the dispensing orifice 105 .
  • variants of the invention comprising only a selection of characteristics described below in isolation from the other characteristics described (even if this selection is isolated within a sentence comprising these other characteristics), if this selection of characteristics is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention with respect to the state of the art.
  • This selection comprises at least one preferably functional characteristic without structural details, or with only a part of the structural details if this part alone is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention with respect to the state of the art.
  • a first embodiment of the device according to the invention 101 for dispensing fluid, and the dispensing valve 5 according to the invention which is associated with this device 101 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 2 .
  • the device 101 for dispensing a fluid comprises a reservoir 2 arranged in order to contain the fluid.
  • This fluid can consist either of a liquid or of a mixture of liquid and gas (for example a foam) or also of a gel.
  • the fluid in the device 101 preferably comprises a liquid.
  • the reservoir 2 comprises a deformable reservoir, such as a flexible reservoir on which a pressure can be exerted manually in order to expel the fluid out of the device.
  • this reservoir 2 could equally well be a tube or the pipe of a piston.
  • the device 101 comprises a dispensing pipe 8 (made in one piece from hard plastic) extending longitudinally in a dispensing direction 10 and arranged in order to guide the fluid in the dispensing direction 10 .
  • the device 101 comprises a dispensing orifice 105 connecting the reservoir 2 to the dispensing pipe 8 .
  • the device 101 comprises a dispensing valve 5 which comprises a dispensing membrane 9 .
  • the dispensing valve 5 in an open state, allows fluid to pass from the inside of the reservoir 2 to the dispensing pipe 8 via the dispensing orifice 105 , and, in a closed state, does not allow fluid to pass from the inside of the reservoir 2 to the dispensing pipe 8 (by pressing the dispensing membrane 9 flat against the dispensing orifice 105 so as to block the dispensing orifice).
  • the dispensing valve 5 also comprises a joining element 11 .
  • the dispensing membrane 9 comprises a free end 19 with respect to the joining element 11 . This free end 19 is arranged in order to move so as to cause the dispensing valve 5 to pass between its open and closed states.
  • the dispensing membrane 9 also comprises a joining part 20 firmly fixed to the joining element 11 and which does not move between the open and closed states of the dispensing valve 5 .
  • the dispensing membrane 9 is:
  • the device 101 comprises a return means 29 arranged in order to exert a force on the dispensing valve 5 (more precisely on the dispensing membrane 9 ), this force bringing the dispensing valve 5 back from its open state to its closed state (more precisely bringing the dispensing membrane 9 back from its opening position to its closing position).
  • the return means 29 is in contact with and firmly fixed to the membrane 9 . More precisely, in the case illustrated in FIG. 1 , the return means forms part of the dispensing valve 5 .
  • the return means 29 comprises a pouch 106 forming a cavity 107 , said pouch 106 being situated in the dispensing pipe 8 , the pouch 106 being deformed by compression against a wall 109 of the dispensing pipe when the dispensing valve 5 is in the open state.
  • the membrane 9 and the pouch 106 are aligned in the bending direction 120 .
  • the return means 29 is arranged in order to exert the force on the membrane 9 during a deformation of the pouch 106 by a compression of the pouch 106 in the bending direction 120 when the dispensing valve 5 is in the open state.
  • the leak-tightness of the dispensing valve 5 is improved with respect to the state of the art.
  • the return means 29 in pouch 106 in the open state (and also preferably in the closed state) of the dispensing valve 5 , bears on a broad zone of a wall 109 of the dispensing pipe (this broad zone being the zone of contact between the bottom 113 and the wall 109 ), which makes it possible to exert a more homogeneous return force than in the state of the art on the periphery 116 of the dispensing orifice 105 .
  • Another significant advantage of the return means 29 in the form of pouch 106 is its stability during its insertion into the dispensing pipe 8 .
  • a return means according to the state of the art in the form of a concave tongue risks turning over and becoming convex inside the dispensing pipe during the insertion of the dispensing valve into the dispensing pipe for its assembly.
  • the dispensing membrane 9 is situated between the dispensing orifice 105 and cavity 107 of the pouch 106 .
  • the pouch 106 is a pouch that is open on one side only by an opening delimited by an outer edge 112 of the cavity 107 .
  • the cavity 107 is smaller in volume in the open state of the dispensing valve 5 than in the closed state of the dispensing valve 5 .
  • This volume is defined as being the volume of the cavity 107 inside the pouch 106 up to a plane 122 in which the outer edge 112 of the opening is situated.
  • the pouch 106 is a pouch open in a single plane by the opening delimited by the outer edge 112 (outer edge which is contained in this same plane).
  • the outer edge 112 is in the form of a closed loop.
  • the dispensing valve 5 is held in the device by gripping between inner walls of the dispensing pipe 8 . More precisely, the joining element 11 is gripped by inner walls of the dispensing pipe 8 and between inner walls of the dispensing pipe 8 .
  • a bottom 113 of the pouch 106 rests against a second inner wall 109 of the dispensing pipe (preferably opposite the first inner wall 108 with respect to the inside of the dispensing pipe 8 ).
  • the first inner wall 108 comprises the periphery 116 of the dispensing orifice such that:
  • the pouch 106 When the dispensing valve 5 is in the open state, the pouch 106 is deformed by a compression (additional with respect to any compression to which the pouch 106 is already subjected when the dispensing valve 5 is in the closed state) perpendicular to dispensing direction 10 .
  • the device 101 also comprises:
  • the feed valve 4 and the dispensing valve 5 are connected by the joining element 11 .
  • the two feed 4 and dispensing 5 valves and the joining element 11 are firmly fixed together and in a single piece 12 .
  • This single piece 12 is monobloc.
  • the joining element 11 typically has a hardness of 70-80 Shore A.
  • the feed valve 4 comprises a feed membrane 7 .
  • the feed membrane 7 comprises a free end 21 with respect to the joining element 11 . This free end 21 is arranged in order to move so as to cause the feed valve 4 to pass between its open and closed states, and is situated in the reservoir 2 .
  • the feed membrane 7 also comprises a joining part 22 , with the joining element 11 . This joining part 22 is situated in the feed pipe 6 .
  • the device 101 also comprises an opening 125 .
  • the opening 125 is situated between the dispensing 8 and feed 6 lines.
  • the opening 125 (allowing the feed membrane 7 to pass through during the assembly of the valves 4 and 5 in the device 101 by insertion into the pipe 8 ) is blocked by the joining element 11 .
  • the reservoir 2 (more precisely, the cover 15 , typically made with a flexible plastic film) is pressed in the pressure direction 3 , a positive pressure is created in the reservoir 2 , and:
  • the dispensing valve 5 is in the closed state when a pressure variation on the reservoir 2 is negative or zero.
  • the pouch 106 is already slightly compressed when the valve 5 is in its closed state. This makes it possible to ensure good leak-tightness.
  • the force exerted by a user on the cover 15 must be greater than the force exerted by the pouch 106 due to this slight compression.
  • FIGS. 3 to 5 a second embodiment 102 of the device according to the invention will now be described, solely for its differences with respect to the first embodiment 101 .
  • the return means 29 comprises the pouch 106 forming the cavity 107 , said pouch 106 being situated in the dispensing pipe 8 , the pouch 106 being deformed by compression against a wall 108 of the dispensing pipe when the dispensing valve 5 is in the open state.
  • the second inner wall 109 comprises the periphery 116 of the dispensing orifice 105 such that:
  • the return means 29 in the form of pouch 106 in the open state (and in the closed state) of the dispensing valve 5 , bears on a broad zone of a wall 108 of the dispensing pipe (this broad zone being the zone of contact between the edge 112 and the wall 108 ), which makes it possible to exert a more homogeneous return force over the entire periphery 116 of the dispensing orifice 105 .
  • FIGS. 6 to 9 a third embodiment 103 of the device according to the invention will now be described, solely for its differences with respect to the second embodiment 102 .
  • the dispensing valve 5 is offset with respect to the dispensing orifice 105 .
  • the second inner wall 109 is provided with a convex boss 114 (extending longitudinally in the dispensing direction 10 ) and the bottom 113 of the pouch 106 is provided with a concave recess 115 (extending longitudinally in the dispensing direction 10 ) of a shape complementary to the convex boss 114 such that in the closed state, the concave recess fits the shape of the convex boss.
  • the bottom 113 of the pouch 106 moves away from the second inner wall 109 of the dispensing pipe, and the concave recess 115 makes it possible to guide the fluid out of the device 103 in centred manner.
  • this boss 114 and this recess 115 can be combined with any other embodiment of the invention described (in the case of the device 101 , the first inner wall 108 will be provided with the convex boss 114 and the edge 112 of the cavity will be provided with the concave recess 115 ; in the case of the device 104 , the first inner wall 110 will be provided with the convex boss 114 and the first side 117 of the loop will be provided with the concave recess 115 ).
  • the edge 112 is equipped with a seal in contact with the inner wall 108 .
  • the benefit of this seal is to completely close the pouch 106 in hermetic manner, without any passage of fluid or any hole between the cavity 107 and the outside of the pouch 106 . This is particularly advantageous as this limits the variations in the stiffness of the “spring” formed by the pouch 106 as a function of the temperature.
  • the stiffness of a plastic or of an elastomer of the pouch 106 will decrease (leading to a decrease in the stiffness of the “spring” formed by the pouch 106 ), but the air or the gas enclosed in the cavity 107 of the pouch 106 will expand and the pressure in the pouch 106 will increase (leading to an increase in the stiffness of the “spring” formed by the pouch 106 ), the two phenomena partially offsetting each other.
  • the pouch 106 is firmly fixed to a stiffening element 119 stiffer than any part of the pouch 106 and extending (preferably over the entire length (defined in the dispensing direction 10 ) of the pouch 106 ) in the dispensing direction 10 .
  • This stiffening element 119 can be combined with any other embodiment of dispensing valve 5 or of device 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 of the invention described, and makes it possible to facilitate the insertion of the dispensing valve 5 inside the dispensing pipe 8 during its assembly in a device according to the invention.
  • a fourth embodiment 104 of device according to the invention will now be described solely for its differences with respect to the first embodiment 101 .
  • the pouch 106 forms in a plane (the plane of FIG. 11 , parallel to the direction of dispensing 10 and elongation of the pipe 8 ) a closed loop inside which the cavity 107 is delimited such that:
  • the first inner wall 110 comprises the periphery 116 of the dispensing orifice 105 such that:
  • the device 104 comprises no feed valve 4 .
  • the dispensing valve 5 can be equipped with a hole making it possible for a tool to be passed through the dispensing pipe 8 and for this tool to be passed between the valve 5 and an inner wall of the dispensing pipe 8 (in order to push the joining element 11 ) in order to facilitate the introduction of the valve 5 into the pipe 8 .
  • the pouch 106 of the device 104 can be:
  • the pouch 106 of the dispensing valve 5 of each device 101 , 102 , 103 could be completely closed, i.e. without an opening delimited by the edge 112 .
  • the dispensing valve 5 of the device 104 could, in a variant, be offset with respect to the dispensing orifice 105 .
  • dispensing valve 5 of the device 104 can also be adapted in order to be firmly fixed to a feed valve 4 as previously described with reference to the previous embodiments.
  • each dispensing valve 5 of the different embodiments of device 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 can comprise, in its cavity 107 , a folded blade 123 which will confer an additional spring effect.
  • This folded blade 123 is preferably metallic.
  • This folded blade 123 is preferably folded in a U shape.
  • each dispensing valve 5 of the different embodiments of device 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 can be arranged in the device so as to be flush with the outlet of the dispensing pipe 8 to the outside of the device according to the invention, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 11 . In this way, zones comprising fluid which dries between two fluid dispensing operations are avoided.
  • the dispensing valve is, in its closed state, held pressed flat against a part (called the dispensing seat) of an inner wall of the dispensing pipe 8 .
  • the dispensing valve comprises a membrane 9 or 117 (preferably flat) which, in the closed state of the dispensing valve, is held pressed flat against a part (called the dispensing seat) of an inner wall of the dispensing pipe 8 .
  • the dispensing seat is a side part of the dispensing pipe 8 , i.e.
  • this seat is limited to one, preferably flat, face of the dispensing pipe 8 , and does not go all the way round a cross section of the dispensing pipe 8 which would be realized in a plane perpendicular to the direction of dispensing 10 or elongation of the pipe 8 .
  • the dispensing valve is, in its open state, deformed by compression (and not by traction) perpendicular to the direction of dispensing 10 and elongation of the pipe 8 with respect to its closed state, so as to press the dispensing valve flat against a side wall of the pipe 8 .
  • the dispensing valve (more precisely the membrane 9 ) is, in its open state, deformed by compression (and not by traction) parallel to the direction 3 with respect to its closed state.
  • the pouch is thin and flexible.
  • the pouch is arranged in order, in the open state of the dispensing valve, not to open completely.
  • the pouch is there in order to press flat a flexible membrane (typically 9 or 117 ):
  • the pouch (more precisely the membrane 9 or 117 ) is pressed flat against an upper wall of the dispensing pipe 8 along two lines extending in the direction of dispensing 10 and elongation of the pipe 8 , such that when the membrane 9 or 117 opens (in the open state of the dispensing valve), the membrane 9 or 117 opens between these two bearing lines, adopting a convex shape but keeping these two bearing lines of the membrane 9 or 117 against the upper wall of the dispensing pipe 8 .
  • a part 119 of the dispensing valve is assembled gripped in the pipe 8 allowing a leak-tightness, and the gripping decreases up to the centre of the membrane 9 .
  • the membrane 9 At rest, the membrane 9 is always in contact with the pipe 8 in order to allow good leak-tightness.
  • the membrane 9 opens (i.e. in the open state of the dispensing valve) there is only partial detachment of the membrane 9 with respect to its seat.
  • the membranes 9 , 117 have a hardness of the order of 70-85 SHORE A, preferably less than 95 SHORE A.
  • a slight pressure from the user allows a small deformation of the pouch/membrane and thus precise control of the outlet of product; it is possible to dispense one drop thereof or less.
  • the membrane 9 can be reduced only at the bottom 113 or at the edge 112 which can be very thin.
  • the cross section of the dispensing pipe 8 is not necessarily rectangular.
  • the feed 4 and dispensing 5 valves can be spaced out and not firmly fixed together without exceeding the scope of the invention.
  • the dispensing valve 5 can be firmly fixed to the joining element 11 as previously described, without this joining element 11 necessarily being firmly fixed to the feed valve 4 .
  • the feed valve 4 can then be fixed by any other means, for example fixed by means of clips.
  • the feed valve 4 can also be omitted.
  • the device according to the invention can comprise several dispensing and/or feed valves (for example for dispensing several fluids).

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